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From Sunny Hundal: The National Council of Hindu Temples (UK) have now cancelled their conference after hundreds of Hindu members — and even some people from their own advisory board — criticised them for their decision to host Tommy Robinson at their annual confence. Tommy Robinson (real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon) previously led the neo-Nazi group English […]

In 2011, a site called Liberal Burblings drew attention to two donations to the Young Britons’ Foundation from a private company: Donations records were submitted to the [Electoral] Commission on 30th March 2011 for £45,000 and £9,999 from Healthgear Contracts, an unincorporated association of 90 College Street, Bedford, partner: one Rodney Dummer. The donations were accepted a few […]

From the Sunday Times: ‘Unmask Nick’: fury at accuser’s two identities THE anonymous figure on the screen told a graphic and disturbing story. As a seven-year-old boy he had been handed to a brutal paedophile gang who had on occasions included Jimmy Savile. The witness, called “Stephen”, said he had been directly abused by the “sadistic” […]

Ed Brayton casts an eye over the latest offering from the Walid Shoebat Foundation: While most wingnuts are trying everything they can to pretend that Martin Luther King was really just like them, the wingnut’s wingnuts, the fringe of the fringe like our friends at Shoebat.com, are making it clear that, to them, Martin Luther […]

At the website of Moriel Ministries, Jacob Prasch casts a sour eye over the legacy of New Zealand-based international evangelist Bill Subritzky, who died at the end of last year: We all have horror stories. I recall a young Kiwi believer named Colin who after being saved for only 7 weeks was taken by a friend […]

From today’s London Times (paywalled): The former head of the British Army, who faced a string of accusations by an anonymous man, said that among the most galling was that he took part in a Remembrance Day sex party. Lord Bramall said: “It was completely and utterly daft. I would have been at the Cenotaph.” As has […]

Police previously said evidence would be referred to CPS; now concede there is no evidence to pass on From the BBC: A former head of the British army has said he is pleased he faces no further action in connection with allegations of historical child abuse. Lord Bramall, 92, was interviewed under caution by police on […]

The English Churchman (8 January, subscription only) has apologised for publishing an article by David Virtue concerning the case of Patrick Sookhdeo, who was found guilty of a sexual assault and of intimidating witnesses last year: We published an article on the trial of Dr Patrick Sookhdeo in good faith in EC 7939. It was written by […]

From the BBC News, February last year: The founder of a Wiltshire-based Christian charity has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a female member of staff. Patrick Sookhdeo, from Barnabas Aid International, was also found to have intimidated two employees who were due to give evidence against him. Sookhdeo continues to maintain his innocence (although he […]

From Infowars: Shocking video taken in Berlin on New Years Eve shows migrants shooting guns and hurling fireworks in scenes that resemble something out of a war zone. Or “scenes that resemble what goes on every year in Berlin on New Years Eve”. Compare the video being promoted by Infowars with a video of New Years Eve in […]

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Note on Attacks

Anyone who comments on current affairs on-line risks being smeared by attack sites and/or abusive Tweets. This is particularly so if one chooses to challenge dishonesty or other kinds of reprehensible behaviour.

As a result of making a stand in a few particular instances, I have become the focus of a number of such attacks. Those who have targeted me include: a Nigerian evangelist who believes in "child witches"; former activists with the EDL; a man with a long history of bad debt and grandiosity; a sockpuppeting tabloid journalist; and a self-serving "celebrity" MP who deploys smears to discourage scrutiny.

The bad faith of such sites and Tweets ought to be self-evident. However, any readers interested in the true background can read this and this.